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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Archaeologists came upon what was clearly a very large number of coins contained within a cist (a stone-lined box). Upon further excavation, they quickly came to realise they were looking at one of the largest coin hoards found in the UK, representing quite a tumultuous time in Roman Britain – about AD 270. In order to preserve its shape and context, the archaeologists cut around the hoard and lifted it in a soil block.